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£55.00Neapolitan Adventure
Featuring three Italian melodies, this carefree piece will transport your audience to the Mediterranean. Opening with the happy Tiritomba, continuing with Santa Lucia and ending with Finiculi, Finicula, opportunities abound for working on phrasing, blend, and mixed meters. A great programming choice for a light classical moment in your concert.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£39.00Autumn in the Park
This light concert selection, with contrasting tonal colors and dynamics, reflects the beauty of warm days, cool nights and the vivid colors of this favorite time or year. Shared melodies between woodwinds and brass with the careful addition of percussion make this an easily prepared, yet educational and musically fulfilling, concert or festival selection at any time of the year.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£39.00Cuckoo for Quarter Notes
A pun on the familiar phrase, "Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs," this light piece written for first-year band students is obviously full of quarter notes and features the familiar call of a cuckoo bird as the melody. Percussion interludes are included to give young wind players an opportunity to rest while also giving percussionists some time in the spotlight. Teach quarter notes with this fun concert selection for beginning bands.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£48.00Jam on Top
This jazzy piece, written in a standard blues progression, is the perfect introduction to this essential musical style. Written to be performed in either a straight rock or swing feel, directors looking to highlight their saxophonists should consider this piece. There are multiple solo to soli saxophone options in the style of an open jazz vamp. The drum parts are written for multiple players but you can also feature a young drum set performer. An excellent light jazz composition to help students learn about blues chord progressions and blues scales while also having fun!
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£66.00Bandology - Eric Osterling
Using rich, full dance band chords and interesting rhythms, this standard of school and community bands for over 50 years, has been re-edited and corrected with the modern concert band in mind. A stop-time section for brass and percussion and a pleasingly lyrical trio have made this light concert march a perennial audience and performer favorite. This new edition will be a valuable addition to any band's library.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£10.00Echoes From Within
This dramatic contest or festival piece will require your ensemble to perform emotionally in a variety of expressive styles. Using multiple meters, cadenzas, changing tempos and expressive musical shaping techniques, the music varies from romantic to light and dance-like. Challenge your entire ensemble, individual players, and audiences with this thought-provoking reflection on the strength and courage every person needs.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£51.00Arachnophobia and Fugue
Imagine Bach trying to compose in his studio while being pestered by a spider! Arachnophobia and Fugue exposes students to the Baroque style of music using dramatic contrasts, light articulation, chorale-style sections, and multiple references to Bach's works. The spider is represented by the xylophone and/or marimba supported by the flutes. As a humorous bonus, auxiliary percussion includes rolled-up newspapers to swat the pesky spider throughout the piece.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£51.00All the While
All the Whilewas inspired by a very special person in Tyler Arcari's life. Director's will be happy to find many opportunities for emotional and passionate playing with plenty of fun in the middle for young bands. All the While gives students a number of chancesto work on expressive playing during the beginning and ending sections, and offers a light rhythmic middle section for contrast.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£41.00Spring Unfolding
Spring Unfolding celebrates the possibilities of new life, as trees and growing plants follow the light and green emerges to cover the remains of winter. The piece begins with a contemplative opening before diving into a liltingly tuneful 3/4 melody. Delightfully unique, this piece is perfect for beginners.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days
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£43.00Dawn Dance
This light and airy piece by Kevin Mixon is written in in 3/4 time, giving it a fresh and beautiful feel. A welcome change of pace in a concert program, this selection will push the musicianship of your developing players. It is also worth programming as a second piece after a march at a contest or festival performance.
Estimated dispatch 12-14 working days